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Brain implant study explains the neuroscience of patience

Scientists find serotonin influences specific areas of the brain to promote patient behavior.

BySarah Sloat
Listen up

Music study is a breakthrough in visualizing the neuroscience of imagination

This gives a whole new meaning to “the sound of silence.”

ByKatie MacBride
Science

Mind-Reading Machines Could Lead to a Major Neuroscience Breakthrough

Sufferers of locked-in syndrome could soon “speak” again.

ByMarla Broadfoot and Knowable Magazine
Mind and Body

The neuroscience of psychedelics: This is your brain on drugs (literally)

En vogue in psychiatry, neuroscientists are looking to see what’s going on under the hood of your trip.

ByAnil Ananthaswamy and Knowable Magazine
counting electric sheep

Mind-bending neuroscience theory answers an age-old question about dreams

Neuroscientist Erik Hoel has a new theory about dreaming that predicts our dreams may have more in common with artificial intelligence than you might think.

BySarah Wells

Having trouble concentrating? Neuroscience explains why

ByBéatrice Pudelko
Science

Why neuroscience research will be critical to designing future cities

Place cells in the brain light up in familiar places, both on the ground and climbing in the air.

ByDori Grijseels
Health

The "Uncanny Valley" Has Deep Roots in the Brain, Neuroscience Tests Show

 Humanlike robots are creepy because of distinct brain activity patterns

ByEmma Betuel
Science

Neuroscience Study Explains Why We Go Down the Wikipedia Rabbit Hole

Information feels rewarding regardless of how unessential it is to our lives.

BySarah Sloat
Science

Is America Ready for Sex Robots? A Neuroscience Lawyer Says No

There are far more unanswered questions about sex robots than there are actual sex robots.

ByFrancis X. Shen and Francis X. Shen
Health

Cocaine-Like Motivation Drug Unveiled at Neuroscience Conference

“We didn’t have anyone say ‘This is crazy! This will never work!’”

ByEmma Betuel
Health

This Is Why Some People Are Creative — And Others Really Aren't

Not everyone can be Picasso.

ByRoger Beaty
Science

Dr. Christine Blasey Ford Taught America How Trauma Is Encoded in the Brain

"Indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter."

BySarah Sloat
Health

How Much Exercise Is Enough to Enhance Your Memory? Neuroscience Explains

It's less time than you'd think.

ByTiffany Jeung
Science

Neuroscience Study Reveals There May Be an Off-Switch to Stop Brain Seizures

Could this be the solution to epilepsy?

ByRochelle Hines
Science

Study of Brain Structures Explains Why Elephants Are So Dang Smart

What exactly is going on in those 12-pound brains anyway?

ByBob Jacobs
Innovation

Neuroscientists Explain Why Your Brain Makes Saving Money so Damn Hard 

It's not just you. 

ByJames Dennin
Health

Neuroscience Explains How Caffeine and Nicotine Can Cause Anxiety

It might be time to find a new vice.

ByInverse Video
Science

Neuroscience Explains Your Brain on Meditation

Let your noggin chill, brother.

ByInverse Video
Science

Neuroscience Explains Why You Can't Help but Love Kittens

These little monsters domesticated themselves!

ByInverse Video
Health

This Is How Sugar Affects the Brain, According to Neuroscience

Insert joke about this video being "sweet."

ByInverse Video
Science

What Social Media Does to Your Brain, According to Neuroscience

Take a break from Facebook to watch this video about Facebook.

ByInverse Video
Science

This Is Your Brain on Porn

Casual porn watching changes the brain a lot more than you'd think.

ByPeter Hess
Science

'Lord Of The Rings' Role Play Is Now a Neuroscience Research Tool

BySarah Sloat
Science

Everything You Thought You Knew About Feelings Is Wrong

Lisa Feldman Barrett teaches us "how emotions are made." 

BySarah Sloat
Science

Neuroscientists Just Gave Lazy Humans a Free Pass

ByYasmin Tayag
Gaming

Atari Reverse Engineering Makes 'Big Data' Neuroscience Look Dumb

BySarah Sloat
Science

Neuroscience and the Future of the Insanity Defense

A legal scholar discusses why neuroimaging won't soon change how our courts measure crazy.

ByNeel V. Patel